Marsden Hartley Legacy Project Launches Comprehensive Online Catalogue
The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project has just launched its website, featuring more than 1,600 artworks by the American modernist Marsden Hartley, who lived from 1877 to 1943. This project, which kicked off in 2019, is led by art historian Gail R. Scott and involves the Bates College Museum of Art. It provides extensive information on Hartley’s works, including provenance, exhibition histories, and bibliographies, covering over 2,200 exhibitions and 2,100 publications. Carrie Cushman, the museum’s director, praises Scott as the top expert on Hartley. The site, funded by various foundations and private donations, is designed for easy navigation and will continue to be updated. You can check it out at marsdenhartleylegacy.org.
Key facts
- The Marsden Hartley Legacy Project website launched in association with Bates College Museum of Art
- Documents over 1600 paintings, drawings, pastels, and prints by Marsden Hartley (1877–1943)
- Compiles detailed provenances, exhibition histories, and bibliographies for each work
- Records over 2200 exhibitions and 2100 publications related to Hartley
- Independent art historian Gail R. Scott partnered with Bates College Museum of Art in 2019 to start the project
- Funded by the Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts, Vilcek Foundation, Wyeth Foundation for American Art, and private donors
- Includes a biography, extended chronology, list of Hartley's personal library, commentaries, and guest essays
- Website will be updated continually as new material comes to light
Entities
Artists
- Marsden Hartley
Institutions
- Bates College Museum of Art
- Friends of the Neuberger Museum of Art
- Purchase College, State University of New York
- High Museum of Art
- Abbeville Press
- Horizon Press
- Black Sparrow Press
- Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Horowitz Foundation for the Arts
- Vilcek Foundation
- Wyeth Foundation for American Art
Locations
- Lewiston
- Maine
- United States
- Atlanta
- Georgia
- New Mexico